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δρεπάνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δρεπάνη

Structure: δρεπαν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: dre/pw

Sense

  1. a sickle, reaping-hook, a pruning-hook

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οἳ δ’ ἄρ’ ἐν ἐλλεδανοῖσι δέον καὶ ἔπιτνον ἀλωήν, οἳ δ’ ἐτρύγων οἴνασ δρεπάνασ ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντεσ, οἳ δ’ αὖτ’ ἐσ ταλάρουσ ἐφόρευν ὑπὸ τρυγητήρων λευκοὺσ καὶ μέλανασ βότρυασ μεγάλων ἀπὸ ὄρχων, βριθομένων φύλλοισι καὶ ἀργυρέῃσ ἑλίκεσσιν. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 26:8)
  • ἔνθα δ’ ἔριθοι ἤμων ὀξείασ δρεπάνασ ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντεσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 18 51:2)

Synonyms

  1. a sickle

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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